If someone is thick-skinned they are not easily hurt emotionally. You can criticize them or be unkind to them and it simply rolls off their back.
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Thick-skinned
Synonyms for "thick-skinned" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безчувствен adj (insensitive)
- нечувствителен adj (insensitive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無神經 /无神经 adj (insensitive)
Finnish
1 entries- paksunahkainen adj (insensitive)
French
1 entries- avoir le cuir épais adj (insensitive)
Icelandic
4 entries- fólskulegur adj (insensitive)
- harðbrjósta adj (insensitive)
- harðgeðja adj (insensitive)
- harðlyndur adj (insensitive)
Macedonian
1 entries- нечувстви́телен adj (insensitive)
Polish
1 entries- gruboskórny adj (insensitive)
Russian
2 entries- нечувстви́тельный adj (insensitive)
- толстоко́жий adj (insensitive)
Spanish
1 entries- insensible adj (insensitive)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]
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